To All You Struggling Authors, Share Your Works. Let’s Help Them Shine 各位底层作者们，献出你们的作品。帮他们铸造辉煌
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Peacekeeper Elite: My Son and I Fight Side by Side in the Danger Zone 和平精英：我和儿子禁区并肩战斗
A new story is here! You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Chronicles of Wu Chen 巫尘记
As the Wu youth Ling Qianya was about to die, surrounded by humans and demons, an ancient primordial soul saved him and passed down an unrivaled cultivation art. He ventured into the barbarian lands, battled countless races, and defied heaven to carve out a broad road to greatness.
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Man-Made Myth 人造神话
Welcome to my novel. Here is the synopsis: Year 9527 of the New Era. The sky was torn apart like a sheet of ragged cloth, and countless bizarre monsters poured through the terrifying fissures. Humanity was forced to unite against them, but still suffered one defeat after another, leaving the world in ruin. Driven to the brink, humanity unleashed forbidden power: genetic modification. They enhanced themselves through extreme means to fight the alien invaders. An external genetic System, created
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A Clash of Wolves 狼性的较量
The author enjoys putting stories told by the elderly into clear, accessible prose, turning spoken words into black and white on the page for readers to see, hear, and feel with their hearts. It is a way to experience the brutal years of Japan's invasion of China, and all those painful memories that can never be revisited...
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Everyone Called Me an Idiot, Until I Earned My Professional Title 都说我傻，直到评上职称那天
Before starting work, Jia Sha had a dream. He dreamed of a mighty river, broad and shrouded in mist. On the opposite bank stood a towering ceremonial arch with three large characters on it: Ziyuan Pass. The river teemed with fish, all swimming upstream. Farther up stood a towering Dragon Gate spanning the water. Some fish leaped right over it. Others fell and were swept away. Some jumped hundreds or thousands of times, losing every scale, yet still kept leaping. Some were lifted up by people, th
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Sweet Romance: The CEO's Lowly Place in the Family 甜宠：总裁的家庭弟位
Sweet romance + CEO + adorable child + zany comedy After a chance encounter, the woman refuses to take responsibility, runs away, and even leaves a taunting message, infuriating the CEO. After they part, she vanishes without a trace. It takes the CEO five years to finally fish this runaway out of the sea. Unexpectedly, she gets pregnant by accident after just one encounter and gives birth to an adorable little princess. It takes the little princess and her big brother, Su Lin, to tie the red thr
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Survival Across the Six Realms: My Galaxy, Reduced to Fragments 六界求生：我的星河，只剩碎章
[Ensemble Cast / Cultivation / Slow-Burn Foreshadowing / Long-Arc Plot / Two Male Leads / Multiple Couples / Six Realms / The Aesthetics of Tragedy] [War Engulfs the Six Realms, Only Those Who Defy Fate Survive] Spiritual energy dwindles, and alliances crumble. A coup rocks the Divine Realm, the Demon Lord is assassinated, and the Netherworld is utterly destroyed, its territory and nation erased. Only traces of its past remain, its people wiped out and its throne left without a rightful heir.
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Dreams Come True: My Dream-Making Studio 美梦成真，我的圆梦工作室
Do you have a wish you want to fulfill but can’t achieve in real life? If so, come to my “Dreams Come True Dream Exchange,” and I’ll help make your dream a reality. This story is lighthearted and hilarious, with an imagination that runs wild. When you’re tired from work or in a bad mood, it’ll help you unwind and lift your spirits, so you can enjoy every day.
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The Loli Card 萝莉牌
(Not a power fantasy, and the protagonist isn't invincible) (Plot-focused) (Don't read if that's not your thing) Yi Lingxi awakens in the water beneath the brief morning sun. With no memories, she follows the clues on her cards in search of 21 unknown powers. Each time she obtains one, she becomes a little more complete. Once she has gathered them all, she will learn the whole truth. Along the way, Yi Lingxi gradually learns to follow her own will, using the loli cards in her hand to overcome on
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Mysterious Resurgence: I Can Only Keep Moving Forward 神秘复苏，我只能不断前行
[Coming of Age]+ [Combat]+ [Super Sweet]+ [Ascending to Godhood]+ [One Heroine] “You have to live on bravely! Live for me, live for us!” “Xiao Yu! I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die! Why did I join the Divine Adjustment Bureau? Why did I go save her? I could’ve survived! My wife is still waiting for me at home! I don’t want to die!” “Xiao Yu, you have to understand: Huaxia can do without me, without you, even without the Divine Adjustment Bureau, but Huaxia cannot do without them. They are
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I'm Not the Female Emperor 俺不是女帝
PS: That stupid input method even got the title wrong! People are born good by nature. Modern people accustomed to a comfortable life can't suddenly become decisive and ruthless when they arrive in another world. Every transformation takes time. People change through experience... Chen Yu, a dashing playboy whose talents have gone unrecognized, is determined to become a women's lingerie designer. But an accident sends him to another world, where a twist of fate causes him to switch bodies with X
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Only 500 Words Left in the Book: Your Comments Are Its Lifeline 全书仅剩500字，靠你评论续命
[Rule-based kills + strong interaction + trope subversion + raising a child + everyone thinks the protagonist is a god] Main tags: #WildImagination #Comedy #RulesHorror #TropeSubversion Additional tags: #MindReading (Actually, She Can See the Comments) #AdorableKid (A Little Brat with a Black Heart) #Livestream (Sort Of) #UnhingedFiction #Fourth-Dimensional Calamity When I opened my eyes, I found myself in the “Discarded Draft Recycling Station,” with only 500 words left in the entire book. If m
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The Double Pupils Reappear 重瞳再现
For eight hundred years, the throne of the Xuantong Kingdom has passed not through bloodlines, but through a pair of eyes. Anyone born with double pupils is named heir to the throne: the left eye creates, the right eye destroys the world. The current ruler, Xuan Jun, is the most powerful in eight hundred years. He saved the people and subdued an evil flood dragon, but on a night when he lay unconscious from exhaustion, his most trusted Daoist priest, Xu Ziji, gouged out both his eyes. The left
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A Journey Through Mountains and Rivers 山水行记
"Not a wish-fulfillment novel, not stupid, and not something to eat with your rice. It’s best enjoyed with a drink. This book is for readers with a long-term mindset. Take your time and savor it, and you’ll find that this novel is as tender as water, like the girl you love, intoxicating you." What seems like an ordinary opening is actually a grand scheme plotted long ago… Guangxi, a rainy night, a dilapidated Taoist temple, and a mystery upon mystery. A helpless young woman encounters a handsome
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The Troubleshooters 3: I Decide My Own Ship 破事精英3：我的CP我做主
With the chairman incident finally settled, the seven members of the troublemaking team, Hu Qiang, Ouyang Mofei, Tang Haixing, Jin Ruoyu, Su Kejie, Sha Lele, and Pang Xiaobai, are about to enter a new stage of their careers. What challenges will they face this time, both at work and in their own lives?
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The Rusted Crown of Crows 群鸦的锈冠
Fourth Calamity + Comedy + Dystopian + Slow Burn + Ensemble Cast [If you could hear everyone's wishes, would you choose to become a god or a madman?] My name is Gu Linyuan, and I'm the leader of a rebel army hunted by the Empire. On the verge of death, I awakened the power of the “Spacetime Network Spirit,” so I summoned a group of… lunatics from my homeworld, Earth. Oh, they call themselves the “Fourth Calamity,” “players,” and “Echoes.” They think this is a full-dive game. So they: perform ta
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Li Laosan's Little Life 李老三的小日子
Reborn! Reborn! Reborn! Timeline: kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, college, and adult life. The story focuses on everyday life and family squabbles before college, with a lighthearted, comedic tone. College marks a change in style: after helping his brother, the protagonist's past is exposed, and he has no choice but to become an arms dealer... Well, here's a cup of rough wine: to the fallen heroes above, and to the people suffering below.
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Baby, Looking at My Face, Do You Feel Nervous? 宝贝，你看着我的脸心慌不慌
[Doppelganger Romance + Mystery and Wild Speculation + Supernatural Horror] A car accident gave Chu Tianci a very different life. I was hospitalized, discharged, then hospitalized again. Everything was wrong… Luckily, I escaped. Did I really escape? I don't know. I've forgotten. I've forgotten everything. But it doesn't matter. Someone has come to keep me company, and for some reason, I trust them. Don't betray me. Don't leave me, okay? “Baby, you've been staring at my face this whole time. D
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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The Sword Hidden Beneath the Heavens 藏剑天下
[Smart characters, no saintly behavior, no womanizing, possibly a slow start, detail-oriented, character growth] His sisters are always trying to devour him. When he crawled out of the Sword Burial Pool, he was no longer a sword. When he stood up again, wait, why is this young lady so tall and huge? The board, the pieces, the player moving them. Beneath an immortal's skirts, no gentleman remains. At the end of troubled times, who will stand supreme?
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The Poor: A Criminal's Return from the Wrong Path 贫穷的犯罪迷途之返
Welcome to my story. It follows a man who turns to crime as he struggles through poverty. The farther he goes down that road, the more his life is changed by the heroine. His journey toward redemption begins.
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The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记
[Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b
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Shocking! Is This System Running a Wholesale Operation?! 震惊！这个系统搞批发的吧？！
After Lin Yuan “lay down,” he woke up to find he’d somehow acquired a System. But there’s probably something wrong with this System, right? Why are there two Systems? Is one of them a clone? Why does fixing yourself mean limiting the number of clones I can make? Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose? Sorry... I was a little too loud earlier...
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Naruto Vs. One Piece: Crossing Worlds Through a Rift in Time and Space 火影VS海贼：时空裂隙的跨界
When the chakra of the shinobi world collides with the Haki of the pirate world, and gifted ninjas encounter pirates chasing freedom, a clash across dimensions is bound to unleash a storm that sweeps through both worlds! Naruto vs. Luffy: a clash of convictions and a bond between kindred spirits. Sasuke vs. Zoro: a contest of swordsmanship and mutual respect between powerful fighters. Sakura and Chopper test their medical skills against each other, while Kakashi and Sanji pit their tactical wit
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Schemes from the Dark Abyss 暗渊之谋
Lin Yue is a seasoned journalist. Influenced by generations of doctors in her family, she once dreamed of practicing traditional Chinese medicine, but had to give it up to honor her grandfather's dying wish. Even so, she never stopped studying it in her daily life. One day, she receives an assignment to conduct an interview, only to stumble into one bizarre incident after another. Linked together, they seem to be drawing her into a vast whirlpool: a strange bureau chief, missing children, a Taoi
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Wildflowers Bloom at the World's End 末日野草开花
Order collapsed in an instant. The neon lights of civilization were swallowed by the wasteland of the apocalypse, and simply staying alive became the most extravagant stroke of luck. Chen Mingfei never imagined he would be swept into a catastrophe engulfing the entire world. From a frantic fight for life and death in a hospital to the despairing struggle to survive in a dead, empty city, he is forced to wage a long and brutal battle with death amid the ruins. Here, suffocating cold snaps and na
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I Transmigrated Back to Middle School, Only to Discover the Ghost Haunting Our School Was Me 我穿越回初中，才发现当年学校闹的鬼是我自己
I Transmigrated Back to Middle School, Only to Discover That the Ghost Haunting Our School Back Then Was Me
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Her Love Is a Deadly Game That Destroys the Heart 她的爱情是杀人诛心的局
He's a business tycoon and a mercenary king. She's a poor orphan and a hardworking prodigy. Their worlds should never have crossed, yet fate, or a conspiracy, brought them together. He recognized her at first sight as the daughter of his enemy and deliberately kept her close to draw the enemy out. She knew nothing, and the high-paying job he offered was too hard to give up when she was struggling to make ends meet. He used her to escape the forces controlling him from behind the scenes. She fe
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Oops, I've Become the Female Supporting Character in a Novel 不小心，穿成书中女配怎么办
Lu Lin opened her eyes and discovered that she had become a supporting female character with the same name in a novel. In the original story, the supporting character had a husband, Zhou Sui, who was 188 centimeters tall, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted, with an eight-pack and a net worth in the hundreds of billions. And she didn't want him. Instead, she was dead set on a gold-digger who used women to climb the social ladder. After they had a child, neither of them cared for the baby. She was
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One Week Until My Thesis Defense, and I Turn Around to Hunt Ghosts 还有一周就毕业答辩了，我转头去捉鬼
My thesis defense is in a week, but I turned around and went ghost hunting
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Single Piggy 单身猪猪
A deeply nuanced style, and an unconventional portrait of marriage and love. If corrupt officials are not punished, it is an injustice to ordinary people. A work of realism, peeling back the layers to examine the truth and reflect with cool, unflinching insight.
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A Mortal's Quest for Immortality 凡骨求长生
[Mortal protagonist] + [traditional wuxia] + [witty and humorous] + [logical deduction] + [gifted but uneven] + [one female lead] + [ensemble cast] This book has no fast-food-style, golden first three chapters, no explosive face-slapping scenes from the start, and focuses on plot, careful buildup, and deeply rooted characters. The protagonist is an ordinary man, with talents and weaknesses that are sharply defined. He is no transmigrated or reborn Long Aotian, with neither a System nor any cheat
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Peerless Poison Consort: The Prince's Coffin Won't Hold Her Down 绝世毒妃：王爷的棺材板压不住了
[A Beautiful, Daring Poison Doctor × A Scheming, Chaste War God Prince × Two Powerful Leads Who Dote on Each Other × Satisfying Face-Slapping] On the very first day after waking up in the body of the prime minister's legitimate daughter, her family treated her like a pawn and stuffed her into a bridal sedan, sending her off to bring good luck to the gravely wounded, dying Prince of War. Not a single person in the residence came to see her off. Her stepmother was a hypocrite, her half-sister a wh
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Want to Roll Over in Bed? Just Buy a 1.8-Meter Charging Cable 在床上躺着想翻身怎么办？买根1.8米数据线就好了
What should you do if you’re lying in bed and want to turn over? Just buy a 1.8-meter charging cable.
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I Hear the Pitter-Patter of Rain 听见雨声滴滴答
Everyday life + regrets + two heroines. Alone through primary school, then rising together as twins. Dreams stretch on without end, while connections keep them entwined. Who will they rely on in the future? For whom will their feelings blossom? The gears begin to turn. Where will fate lead them?
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You’re Already Caught in the Game 你已深陷棋局
You’re taking an exam when you suddenly hear, “Tick, tock, tick, tock.” What would you do? Tell your classmates there’s a bomb and run, or reassure yourself that it’s only the sound of a clock ticking?
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A City Ablaze: The CEO’s Contract Bride 烽火倾城：总裁的契约新娘
To save her family business, Su Wan is forced to marry Gu Chengyu, heir to the most powerful family in the capital. Their marriage begins with a cold contract: she plays the obedient Mrs. Gu, and he provides financial support to the Su family. Gu Chengyu is known in business circles as a cold-blooded tyrant, with his mind set only on power and revenge. Su Wan is a fallen heiress sacrificed by her family. She seems fragile, but beneath the surface lies an unyielding spirit. From a contract marria
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The Tyrant Is Reborn, and the Regent Kneels by His Bed Night After Night, Begging to Be Killed 暴君重生，摄政王夜夜跪床头求杀
[Bottom’s POV + Reborn + Groveling Chase + Heartbreaking Angst] Overbearing, unhinged, frail emperor as the bottom vs. obsessive, brooding prince as the top, whose mind was addled by love in their previous life In his previous life, the tyrant Hua Jiuyao is reborn in a good-for-nothing’s body and receives a mission to assassinate his own empress. He thinks the world has finally gone mad, but then… Huo Qingci, who once stabbed him on their wedding night, now sits alone every night, clutching his
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Slay the Spire: Starting with a Damaged Coin, I Stack 18 Buffs and One-Shot the Architect 杀戮尖塔：开局破损硬币，我叠18层buff一刀秒了建筑师
Slay the Spire: Starting with a Worn-Out Coin, I Stacked 18 Buffs and Took the Architect Down in One Hit
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When the Plum Blossoms Bloom 正值梅花怒放时
After turning it over in my mind for a long time, I finally picked up my pen and began this heartfelt novel, When the Plum Blossoms Are in Full Bloom. The heroine, Li Sumei, was born into a poor, troubled family in Qinghe Town, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan. Her father, Li Fengyuan, was a compulsive gambler and drunkard. The family was always short of money, with a cold stove, a leaking roof, and debts piling up. Yet the weight of fate could not crush this Dong girl, whose features wer
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I Will Take You Away 我会，把你带走
In a bustling modern city, prosperous on the surface but seething with hidden undercurrents, technology is highly advanced, and robots are widely used in many fields. The city appears peaceful, but its underworld is rife with criminal forces. Drug trafficking, human trafficking, high-tech crime, and other illegal activities are rampant. The police have never stopped fighting these forces. Robot secret agents are a covert force deployed to investigate these complex and dangerous criminal networks
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Lingyun's Past 凌云往事
In Lingyun City, everyone experiences joy and sorrow, partings and reunions, and must rely on cunning and guile to survive. This book tells the story of ordinary people in Lingyun Prefecture during the final years of the Qin Dynasty, a fictional dynasty. From the powerful to the common folk, they all strive to live their lives and pursue their goals. Along the way, some of the world’s most famous historical events also take place. A note: This is an ensemble novel with relationships that are eas
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Red X 红叉
Never touch the red X on the door. Chi Jing discovers a red X painted on his front door lock. That night, his neighbor vanishes without a trace. The next day, the red X appears in the palm of his hand. A man in black tells him: Every door leads to another world. Each time a door opens, a group of people enters. Everyone receives one rule, and some are true while others are false. The rules say, “Do not enter rooms marked with a red X.” The rules say, “You must enter rooms marked with a red X.” T
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Purple Seas and Clouded Skies 紫海云天
Drawing his sword against the storm, for the dignity and rights of billions of living beings, Prince Ziyun of Hualan marches forward with sword in hand, shaking the seas and skies of the Hai Tian Continent! “When the Storm Breaks”: He draws his sword in the face of danger, standing firm to shake the mountains and rivers. “Clouds Deep, Mists Thick”: Amid the struggle to tell friend from foe, he presses on against all odds. “Winds and Clouds Churning”: He moves freely through the chaos, turning th
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Playing the Boss, I Slaughter My Way Through the Horror World 扮演boss，我杀穿了惊悚世界
[Plays as Boss + Invincible + No Female Lead + Secret Identity Never Exposed + Occasional Livestreaming + Massive Crossover Roleplay + Cunning + Ruthless + Not Grimdark] A mysterious force descends upon Blue Star, bringing a survival game called the Horror Game. It begins selecting people from all over the world to enter the game, plunging countless people into terror in an instant. While the contestants are still trying to figure out how to survive, Sheng Zitian, a reborn veteran, unexpectedly
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Apocalypse: Alone 末世：一个人
The protagonist, Sha Xiaoyu, awakens in the apocalypse and discovers that humans and robots are now enemies. As a domestic robot and humanity’s best friend, she cannot understand why. So Sha Xiaoyu sets out to protect humanity and find out what happened. And so begins an adventure. [No Romance] [Strong Female Lead] [Half Post-Apocalyptic] [Half Invincible] [Logs and Collectibles] [Expansive World] [Fictional Story] Author: Years in the Book Publication date: April 19, 2025
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Xenophagy 异噬
Unknown lifeforms descend on Earth from the distant reaches of the universe, devouring every corner of the planet. People call them "the Paranormal." They seek to evolve by consuming Earth's creatures, then seize the planet for themselves. To defend their home, humanity fights back against the Paranormal. Every time people deal with one outbreak, they gain a measure of power with which to resist them. So what will the final outcome be? Will the Paranormal sweep across the world, or will humanity
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Getting Rich Starts with Going Home for New Year's 暴富从回家过年开始
[Tycoon] + [System] + [Satisfying Wish-Fulfillment] + [Mostly Everyday Life] + [No Main Heroine, Multiple Female Supporting Characters] Lin Fan, a poor young man who didn't dare go home for the New Year, suddenly gained the ability to get richer the more he face-slapped people. Everyone who had looked down on him in the past became his personal ATM. The wealthy wife at the village entrance, business owners in the county, rich tycoons in the city... The more their faces swelled, the more zeros
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Born Under the Pure Yin Fate, Powerless to Choose 极阴之命，身不由己
Born with an extremely yin constitution, I have a mysterious grandfather, a master by my side, and Su Xiaoxiao, who appeared out of nowhere. Fate weaves everything together, stringing it all into a wonderful memory.
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Toward Spring, to Meet Spring 向春天，见春天
[Two Male Leads + Nonhuman Characters + Future Technology + Humanity's Crisis] [Human Top x Nonhuman Bottom] Fu Chuxi x Cang Yuan New chapters every day! I'll take a day off if something comes up. Thanks for reading! Fu Chuxi found a handsome young man by the sea. To be precise, the young man had thrown himself at him. He was so good-looking that Fu Chuxi took him home. As it turned out, the young man had an ulterior motive! But Fu Chuxi couldn't help him ꒦ິ^꒦ິ, so the handsome young man left. S
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